Texas battleship to be completed as planned
Boston Post notes Secretary Tracy will finish the Texas without changes, defending its design by a leading English firm and dismissing critics reliability. It also reports Secretary Proctor may support Boston relief from War Department bridge orders after possible congressional inquiry. The piece urges resolution to avoid costly litigation and protect city interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Tracy
Whitney
Proctor
Washington
The
Post
Congress
Boston
War Department
Charles River
Charles K. Dillaway
Joshua Bates
Taverner
Judges Rift Shifts Indianapolis Supreme Bench Race
A falling out between Judge Gresham and Judge Woops in Indianapolis, ahead of Mr. Harrison’s visit with Attorney General Miller, may affect the Supreme bench vacancy. Gresham nulled Woops’s receiver appointment for the railroad last week, ending a brief reconciliation and potentially removing both rivals from contention while Miller remains the favored candidate. Harrison will visit soon to meet with Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gresham
Woops
Indianapolis
Harrison
Supreme Bench
Dupury
Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield
Dupley
Chicago
Miller
Mr. Harrison
National Conservatory of Music Opens Fifth Year in New York
The National Conservatory of Music, established in 1885 by Mrs Jeannette M TuUon- BER, begins its fifth year next month. The circular outlines admission aims, promising tuition by top teachers and post graduation engagements, with fees set at 100 dollars and possible free instruction in all branches. Examinations for singing classes proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Conservatory of Music
New York
Jeannette M. TuUon- Ber
Conservatory
United States
Pension Scandal Shapes Republican Convention Indorsement
The Iowa Republican convention endorsed Tanner and his pension methods after exposure of the Pension Office scandal. A supplementary resolution pressed for Harrison as pension commissioner, signaling Tanner as the party’s central issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tanner
Iowa
Harrison
Republican Party
Virginia Convention Favors Tariff Reform Yet Backed by Dems
The Virginia Democratic convention at Richmond debates federal patronage and Mahone’s influence. It pledges tariff reform but prioritizes Virginia issues, endorses tobacco tax repeal and education funding, and aligns with national Republican tariff ideas, complicating Mahone's position and the national party line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Virginia
White House
Washington
Mahone
Bar-Lour
Democratic Party of
Democratic Party
Chicago
Harrison
Manhone
Manonn
The New Liberalism in English Politics
The Post notes the rapid rise of Radical ideas in England, contrasting them with commonly held views of a conservative nation. It acknowledges some truth to that stereotype while suggesting American readers should consider the evolving liberal currents shaping English political life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Post
England
New Liberalism and Social Reform Debate in England
The piece surveys shifts in English policy as Liberal defectors and working class concerns press reforms. It notes Lord Randolph Churchill and Mr. Atherley Jones arguing for broader change, including land tax shifts, disestablishment, and sanitation, while warning reforms may tilt toward socialistic methods under pressure from labor and Home Rule prospects. The analysis discusses potential Liberal revival and the impact of Parnell, with a vision of gradual reform amid political realignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Randolph Churchill
Birmingham
Chamberlain
Atherley Jones
M.P
Gladstone
Atherley-Jones
Parnell
Mr. Gladstone
Liberal Party
Mr. Jones
New Scottish-born Tycoon Plans Utopian Colony
Tuomas Gies of Ecclefechan Scotland, educated at Oxford and Balliol, envisions founding a fifty-person utopian colony in England. He seeks educated, healthy families only, with strict age limits for married adults, reflecting his wide reading in philosophy and political economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuomas Gixes
Ecclefechan
Scotland
Tuomas Carlyle
Gies
Oxford
Trinity College
Balliol
England
London
Macaulay
Guus
India
Joan Stuart Miza
Idia
Giles
William Morris
John Ruskin
Burne JonEs
Gries
Macready’s method of arousing rage with two supers
The anecdote from Suss Reeves’s autobiography shows the actor Macready hiring two supers to provoke genuine anger by faces, toe stepping, and similar provocations. When lax, he urged, More, more, you beasts. This backs actors who feel emotions rather than merely imitate them, contrasting with Coquelin’s theory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mackrapy
Suss Reeves
Macready
MacrEapy
Coquium
Inevitable Effect of Small Politics Letter
The Springfield Republican discusses state politics aims at reform and leadership, contrasting Democrats and Mugwumps with Republicans. It critiques Lodge as a journalist and historian, warns against him seeking office, and notes his potential clash with Brackett and Crapo while Prohibitionists would attack him if nominated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ofton
Springfield Republican
Virginia
William Russell
Josiah Quincey
Lodge
Mugwumbps
Brackett
Crapo
Investors return home after record Boston Sheffield run
The New England investors excursion passed Cincinnati at 9 30 p m on the return trip from Sheffield Alabama to Boston. They claim a phenomenal Boston to Sheffield run of 1240 miles in nine hours plus. The party of fifty includes six from New Hampshire, two from New York, three from Connecticut and the rest from Massachusetts. They expect to reach Boston early Sunday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
New England Investors
Sheffield
Ala
Boston
New Hampshire
New York
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Old Boston teachers and the new Public Library tiling
The writer tours Copley Square and the forthcoming Public Library admiring the Spanish tile floor and vaulted ceilings. He recalls veteran Boston educators like Francis S Williams Epes Dix Thomas Cushing Luther Robinson and Charles M Cumston along with retired principals Samuel Swan Benjamin Drew and others, noting their careers and lasting influence on the city’s schools and culture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copley Square
Boston
Public Library
Europe
Murray
Spain
America
New York
Dublin
Cologne
Rome
Francis 8. Williams
Epes 8. Dixwell
Boston Latin School
Latin School Association
Thomas Cushing
Chauncy Hall
European gossip and notable transatlantic notices
Sir Lyon Playfair arrives from England as the British Museum buys King Ludwig's prayer book for 37000 marks. Edison tours Europe, Lagut and Laguerre meet in London, and Queen Victoria’s savings reportedly fund New York real estate. Notables include Vanderbilt rumors, Royston in decline, and Brown-Séquard’s lineage tied to the Elixir of Youth discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Lyon Playfair
England
British Museum
Ludwig of
Bavaria
William Walter Phelps
Bar Harbor
Blaine
Berlin
Edison
Europe
London
Liverpool
Rome
Milan
Vienna
Cologne
Remscheid
Westphalia
MM. Lagut
Laguerre
Boulanger
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Newport
W. K. Vanderbilt
Joaquin Miller
Oakland
Cal
Robert Garrett
Francis A. Walker
the Weirs
N. H
Ruskin
Cork High School
Queen Victoria
New York City
Hosmer
St. Louis
Sir Henry Vane
Samuel Adams
New England
Canada
M. Solabel
Corea
Madrid
Christopher Columbus
Grandison D. Royston
Hempstead County
Ark
Lloyd Bryce
Allen Thorndike Rice
North American Review
Prince of Wales
Sandringham
Hall
Wolferton
Babingley
Terry
Sharon
Dr. Brown-Séquard
Captain Edward Brown
Mauritius
Séquard
Brown-Séquard
France
Harvard
Miss Fletcher
Boston
Daniel Webster
Current Comment The Defence Of Boulang er
The defense of Boulanger reflects on treason plots and state acts while noting his conviction prevents him from campaigning in France. The piece compares his stance to Colonel Yell of Yellowville, suggesting misused funds and contested accounts. It concludes with doubt about French views on legitimate expenditure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boulanger
France
Yell
Yellville
N. Y. Evening Post
Ind
Blaine and Tariff League Split Over Proviso
The Springfield Republican notes Iowa Republicans reject high tariffs without a proviso. They oppose trusts and fear tariffs boost monopolies, pushing a pro protection platform that avoids protecting trusts. The piece portrays Blaine and tariff advocates as a weaker minority harming McKinleyism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MR. Blaine
Tariff League
Iowa
Blaine
Springfield Republican
Ind
Forger J Frank Collom released on $100000 bail
J Frank Collom, accused of forging 227000 dollars in notes, is freed from jail on 100000 bail. His father W T Collom appears as a surety on each bond, in Mryynearouis Minnesota, August 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mryynearouis
Minn
J. Frank Collom
W. T. Collom
World Pressmen Strike Halts Paper Production
World pressmen in New York began a strike at 1 oclock this morning. They immediately convened at their headquarters to organize the stoppage and plan action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Yorks
Slate Trust Output Cut in Vermont to Two Thirds
Granville New York telegram reports the Vermont Slate Trust will reduce quarry production from thirty to about two thirds of capacity by September 1 because of over production and lower rates for Pennsylvania shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burvano
Herald
Granville
N. Y
Vermont Slate Trust
Pennsylvania
Various Notes and Anecdotes From the Era
A survey of assorted items includes Paris Eiffel Tower shares on the Paris Bourse, juries and Sullivan, Mrs Whitelaw Reid at a Paris Exhibition, a quirky bull race, Halliwell Phillips sale to Birmingham Library for 35000, NJ Governor candidate E Burd Grubb, quotes about life and pay, the Brown-Sequard elixir, a Paris Electrolysis institute, Europe population figures since 1800, humorous exchanges about married life, a rare seven foot white phantom heron, ancient Athens aqueduct discoveries with inscribed names, the Croesus of Spain Marquis de Urquijo’s death and bequests, Thackeray and Bellows on Colonel Newcome and Cervantes influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eiffel Tower
John L. Sullivan
Closefist
Paris
Europe
Mrs. Bright
Dundee
Ind
Austin Dolla
Athens
Goudi
Hymellus
Philagros
Alexis
Melite
Croesus
Spain
Marquis de Urquijo
Madrid
Thackeray
Colonel Newcome
Henry W. Bellows
New York
Dr. Bellows
Newcomes
America
Don Quixote
Sir Roger de Coverley
Cervantes
Spectator
Newcome
Theatrical Gossip From New York Theatres
Theater listings note the end of Little Lord Fauntleroy at the Museum after 187 performances with Olive Homans in the title role. Roland Reed begins a two week run in The Woman Hater, while Isadore Ruch emerges in a leading female part. Sept. 2 opens Hands Across the Sea at the Museum as German minstrels perform at the Globe. Upcoming theaters feature The Opha, She Brigands, Clover, and more. Victoria Vokes arrives in New York and previews Arch Street Philadelphia openings, while Lord Harry joins Mr. Barrett’s repertory following success in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Olive Homans
Home
Roland Reed
John T. Raymond
David D. Lloyd
Reed
Isadore Ruch
New York
Oplah
Broadway Theatre
Casino
Palmer’s Theatre
Herrmann
Bijou Theatre
Adelaide Moore
Fifth Avenue Theatre
Bootle
Madison Square Theatre
Mr. E. H. Sothern
Lyceum
Windsor
Fourteenth Street Theatre
Wilson Barrett
Lord Harry
Princess Theatre
London
Barrett
Cesar de Bazan
Victoria Vokes
Cecil Clay
Tribune
Arch Street
Philadelphia
England
Engand
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Boston Post
Washington Street
COMPA
Boston, Post
East Seventeenth Street
Virginia Convention
Cambridge
St. Andrew's
University College, London
Gitxs
Manitoba
Washington ‘Territory
Minnesota
Michigan
Aroostook County
Blue Mountains
West Virginia
White Sulphur Springs
Baltimore
Williams
Luther Robinson
Robinson
Drew
Government Department
Cleveland
Edward B. Drew
Plymouth
Charles M. Cumston
Boston Grammar Schools
Samuel Swan
Phillips School
William D. Swan
Benjamin Drew
Artemus Ward
Ensign Stebbins
St. Paul, Minn
Cape Cod
Globe
Lizzie Evans
Lawrence Barrett
Booth-Modjeska
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